aho - alas; me - my; pitarau - parents; vṛddhau - elderly; bhāryā - wife; bāla-ātma-jā - having a mere infant in her arms; ātmā-jāḥ - and my other young children; anāthāḥ - with no one to protect them; mām - me; ṛte - without; dīnāḥ - wretched; katham - how in the world; jīvanti - can they live; duḥkhitāḥ - suffering greatly.

“O my poor elderly parents, and my wife with a mere infant in her arms, and my other young children! Without me they have absolutely no one to protect them and will suffer unbearably. How can my poor relatives possibly live without me?”